12 ACCOUNTS, Sec, OF THil BRITISH MUSEUM. 



' J. B. Rameau. Pieces de Clavecin. Paris, 1731." " L. Roncalli. Capricci armonici. 

 Bergamo, 1692." " S. Landi. II S. Alessio. Dramma. Roma, 1634." " P. Quagliati. 

 Carro di fedelta d'amore. Roma, 1611." "M.A.Rossi. Erminia sul Giordano. Roma, 

 1627." 



In addition to these, many other important purchases have been made, includinf 

 B. Dowland's " Varietie of Lessons," of which only one other copy is known to exist ; 

 rare Harpsichord music by Jeremiah Clarke, Le Begue, Dandrieu, Couj^erin and Du 

 Phly ; J. Playford's " Court Ayres or Pavans ; " two sets of J. S, Bach's " Clavier- 

 tjbungen," said to have been engraved by the hands of the composer ; Guitar music by 

 A. M. Bartolotti (unknoAvn) [and F. Corbetta; a book of Lute music by Francesco 

 da Mllano, 1562 ; Monteverde's " Scherzi ; " Frescobaldi's " Ricercari ; " numerous works 

 of chamber music of the last century, and many scores of operas, ballets, &c., &c. 



George Bullen. 



Sub-Department of Maps, Charts, Plans, and Topographical Drawings. 



I. — Cataloguing and Arrangement. 



(a.) The number of Titles (including both main-titles and cross-references) written for 

 the Catalogue of Maps and Charts during the year amounts to 6,317, those transcribed 

 fourfold for insertion, to 6,879. 



(b.) Press-marks have been given to 1,955 maps and 4,618 titles. The number of 

 small hand-slips written for press-marks is 2,078, and 760 hand-slips of purchases have 

 been made. 160 hand-slips of topographical views and ground-plans have also been 

 written. Eight Indexes have been made for Atlases. 



(c.) 1,315 Maps in 3,750 sheets, and 230 Atlases, have been entered for the binder, 

 and 244 volumes and 2,298 maps have been returned from the binder, the former bound 

 and the latter mounted, 885 on cards, and 1,413 on jaconet and union. 106 volumes 

 have received separate letterings. One volume of Admiralty Charts and four volumes 

 of the Ordnance Survey have been bound. 239 sheets of the Ordnance Survey have 

 been inserted in their respective volumes. 



(d.) An incorporation has been made into three copies of the Catalogue of 13,995 

 titles, in all 41,985 titles, necessitating the removal in each of the three copies of 12,851 

 titles, and the addition to each of 80 new leaves. 20,200 slips of the fourth copy of the 

 Catalogue have been arranged, and 7,718 slips mounted. 



(e.) The number of Atlases returned to their shelves from the Reading Room was 882, 

 the number of Maps 1,199, making a total of 2,081. 



(/.) The whole of the Atlases and Maps in atlas form, comprising 4,391 volumes, 

 standing on numbered shelves, have been re-arranged, supplied with a third-mark and 

 labelled, and thus made more immediately available for readers. 



(g.) The number of stamps impressed on Maps was 9,695. 



II. — Additions. 



(a.) 337 Maps, in 2,026 sheets, 25 Atlases and two parts of Atlases, have been received 

 under the Copyright Act. 83 Atlases and parts of Atlases, and 421 Maps, in 3,564 sheets, 

 have been obtained by purchase ; and 12 Atlases and Volumes, and 592 Maps, Charts, 

 and Drawings, in 812 sheets, have been presented. 



Besides the students who have consulted Maps and Atlases in the Reading Room, there 

 have been in the course of the year 124 visitors to the Map Room for the purpose of 

 special geographical research. 



Amono- the more interesting acqusitions of the year may be mentioned : A large 

 eno-ravecf View of Seville, by Frederick de Wit, of Amsterdam, circa 1630, 7 feet in 

 length by 23 inches in height ; a large engraved View of Madrid, by the same engraver, 

 Julius Mulhusser fecit, Amsterdam, 7 feet _ in length by 26 inches in height ; an 

 engraved reproduction, by Stanford, of an unique " Map of Istelworth Hunderd [sic], 

 in coraita Middlesex, by Moses Glover, 1635," the property of His Grace the Duke of 

 Northumberland ; an autograph drawing by the late Sir Gilbert Scott, R.A., at the age 

 of 17, of the Porch of the ancient Church at Hillesden, Bucks ; 41 sheets of plans, 

 elevations, and sections of British Earthworks and Stone Remains, executed by W. M. 

 Flinders Petrie, Esq. 



Robert K. Douglas. 



